A Scor had been sent out by h wife to buy a mousetrap, The a: sistant in the shop showed him vari-cus types of traps, but the customer refused them all, saying that they were much too expensive.
"But, sir," protested the assistant, after showing him one that cost a penny only, "you couldn't get one 1 than a penny anywhere, surely'
"It's no' so cheap," replied the Scot, "Ha'e ye no' a trap that will kill the moose before it eats the cheese?"
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